BUT WE NEED YOU TO AVOID THIS AREA IF YOU CAN. DETECTIVES HAVE CHARGED THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM THE SAME FAMILY. THEY'RE ACCUSED OF TEACHING A NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN HOW TO SHOP LIFT. IT HAPPENED AT AN EAST ORANGE COUNTY WAL MART THIS WEEKEND. WESH 2'S BOB KEALING JOINING US LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY WITH MORE. YOU WENT TO THE OLDEST SUSPECT'S HOME. ARE THEY TALKING? THEY ARE. BUT CLAIMING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ASKING. WE JUST FOUND OUT FROM INVESTIGATORS THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THE THREE ADULT WOMEN WERE ALLEGEDLY USING CHILDREN ACTIVELY GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN THE CRIMES BY USING THEM AS LOOKOUTS. FRIDAY NIGHT LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS SAY THEY OBSERVES THESE WOMEN, 58-YEAR-OLD SYLVIA, 36-YEAR-OLD SHEILA AND 20-YEAR-OLD SHAYLENE WALKING AROUND THE WAL MART WHILE THREE MINORS ACTED AS LOOK OUPTS INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMEN SHOP LIFTED SHOES, SOCKS, BLOUSES, AND OTHER CLOTHING ITEMS CONCEALING THEM IN PURSES AND A BABY BAG. HERE YOU ARE, AN ADULT, A GROWN ADULT, SUPPOSEDLY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT, AND YOU'RE PUTTING FAMILY MEMBERS, YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS INTO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS SAY THEY CONFRONTED THE WOMEN OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF THE STORE WITH $440 WORTH OF STOLEN MERCHANDISE. ALL OF THEM WERE ARRESTED. DCF INVESTIGATORS RELEASED THE CHILDREN TO THE CUSTODY OF RELATIVES. WE WENT TO SYLVIA PABONE'S HOUSE WHERE A DAUGHTER CLAIMED SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WERE ASKING. IS SYLVIA YOUR MOTHER? YES. WAS YOUR MOTHER ARRESTED? WERE ALL OF YOU ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING? I'M SORRY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH? SURPRISINGLY OR PERHAPS NOT SURPRISINGLY ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS THIS TYPE OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL CRIME WITHIN FAMILIES HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. AND THE NET RESULT IS ALSO NOT SURPRISINGLY THAT THE CHILDREN END UP IMITATING WHAT THEY'VE